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St Martins, the U.K.-based real estate investment vehicle of Kuwait’s government, bought a London commercial property development for about 1.7 billion pounds ($2.8 billion), according to a person familiar with the transaction.

Where do chefs and restaurateurs like to go out for a bite to eat near their homes? I asked more than 40 members of London’s culinary elite about their favorite local eateries. Here’s what they had to say:

Roads in central London are carrying one-fifth fewer vehicles as Olympic-only “Games Lanes” push more people to use rail services. The morning rush was hindered by a fire alert on a subway line to the Olympic Park and high-speed “Javelin” shuttle trains suffered disruption in the afternoon.

The developer of the Shard , an 80- story tower being built near London’s Thames river, bought out its only office tenant on the prospect that rents will almost double from the agreed rate when the building is finished.